Teen TV Genre Takes Adolescent Angst to a Darker Place

Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Maybe it's due to an evolution of teen storytelling tropes, a reflection of uncertainty and anxiety in the real world, or an effort by producers to match the mind-set of young viewers who have already seen it all on the internet—but the genre is processing harsher stuff than the high-school crushes and crises that typified "Sixteen Candles" and other hormone-steeped classics of past generations. (Jurgensen, The Wall Street Journal)